Background Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) often reduce their physical activity due to concerns about sudden ...

4 Department of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 5 Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, with a rising global burden. While previous studies have ...

Correspondence to: Dr Siew Yen Ho, Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK; yen.ho{at}ic.ac.uk According to Walmsley, ...

Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Correspondence to Professor Thomas H Marwick, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, ...

Skeletal muscle abnormalities are highly prevalent in chronic heart failure and are associated with an increase in the ergoreflex, a muscle reflex stimulated by work done. Stimulation of the ...

Objective To describe the place and causes of acute cardiovascular death during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Retrospective cohort of adult (age ≥18 years) acute cardiovascular deaths (n=5 87 225) in ...

Objective To determine the benefit of midodrine, an α agonist, on symptom frequency and haemodynamic responses during head up tilt in patients with neurocardiogenic syncope. Setting Cardiovascular ...

Correspondence to Dr Sarah Hudson, Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, BS2 8HW, UK; sarahhudsonuk{at}gmail.com Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) looms as a major public heart challenge with increasing prevalence due to an ageing population. Diagnosis can be challenging due to non-specific ...

Correspondence to Dr Nick Townsend, Nuffield Department of Population Health, British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Old Road Campus, ...

Correspondence to Professor Philip MacCarthy, Department of Cardiology, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, USA; philip.maccarthy{at}nhs.net To learn the optimal management of ...